Archive for July, 2009

Published on 31 Jul 2009

Wall Street Plays Death Card in Securitization Market

By: Nancy Leinfuss, Reuters

Betting on a person’s mortality may be the safest bet on Wall Street these days as investors shun shaky financial markets and opt for securities backed by the certainty of death.

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE56U5UX20090731

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Published on 25 Jul 2009

Investing in a Sure Thing: Life Insurance

By: Parker Leavitt, Arizona Republic

Selling life-insurance policies on the secondary market is an increasingly popular way for investors to capitalize on one of life’s surest events: death.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2009/07/26/20090726biz-lifesettlements0726.html

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